A biographical note on the journalist and writer Denis Ireland
A letter from Hugh A. MacCartan, 4 Gifford Avenue, Sandymount, Dublin, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. conveying some biographical details.
A letter from Alan Downey, editor of the ‘Waterford News’, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. supplying some biographical details and family history. The volume also holds a copy of a four-page leaflet titled ‘The “News” in the Nation’s fight for liberty’ relating to Edmund Downey’s experiences during the revolutionary period.
A clipping of an appreciation of Douglas Hyde by Agnes O’Farrelly. The article was published in the ‘Irish Independent’ (15 July 1949).
A clipping of an article reporting on arrangements for the state funeral of Douglas Hyde. The article is taken from the ‘Irish Independent’ (15 July 1949).
A photographic print of Douglas Hyde’s funeral procession in Dublin.
A photographic print of Douglas Hyde’s funeral procession travelling down Conyngham Road with ranks of soldiers flanking the hearse on either side.
A photographic print of the firing of the 21-gun salute at the Phoenix Park in Dublin to mark the death of the former President Douglas Hyde. The image is credited to the ‘Evening Herald’.
A photographic print of the burial of Douglas Hyde at Portahard Church cemetery, Frenchpark, County Roscommon.
A photographic print of President Seán T. O’Kelly and Éamon de Valera of the burial of Douglas Hyde at Portahard Church cemetery, Frenchpark, County Roscommon.